Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Re Negro Lawyer Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court's decision on the segregation issue in public schools [TIME, May 24]: You state that this decision ''was the victory of a lifetime" for Marshall. In view of the long fight, the courageous stand and the far-reaching...
The move in the Washington Club apparently has stemmed indirectly from the recent Supreme Court measure on segregation in the schools.
In its historic decision on racial segregation (TIME, May 24), the U.S. Supreme Court dealt directly with only one phase of the problem: public schools. This week, the court gave a much broader scope to its anti-segregation position. In six separate cases, the court:
It banned segregation at Hardin Junior College of Wichita Falls, Texas. This decision was based on the separate but equal doctrine which last week's decision knocked out. The U.S. Circuit Court in New Orleans said six Negroes who sought to enroll in the all white school should be admitted...
While yesterday's decision concerning the two universities temporarily places the issue in the jurisdiction of the regional courts, Chief Justice Warren's statement of last week in addition to the court's most recent action is believed to indicate clearly that the unconstitutionality of segregation extends beyond the field...